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Originally Posted by fanfaire
While digging through my records for info my doc needs for my Mayo Clinic referral, I finally found my EMG results from 2004. I am, however, unclear as to what they mean. Here's what it said:
"diffuse peripheral polyneuropathy involving motor and sensory nerves affecting both the axon and the myelin"
Is this referring to more than one type of neuropathy? I tried reading some of the stickies, but my brain fog is not letting me make much sense of them tonight.
Can anyone translate? Maybe then I can go back to what ever stickies would best apply to me and see if I can get something to sink in.
Sorry to be so clueless.
fanfaire

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Hi fanfaire, Polyneuropathy just means involving multiple nerves, usually starts in both feet, when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously,
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch095/ch095h.html
this diagram shows what an axon and the myelin sheath looks like
http://psyweb.com/Physiological/Neur...multipolar.gif